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BBVA Bancomer Stadium, the new home of LigaMX side Club Monterrey, opens Sunday with a friendly against Benfica of Portugal. The $200M stadium, designed by Populous, is the most expensive facility built in Mexico and its amenities are on par with NFL facilities, according to project officials. Priv...

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Technology companies IBM and Cisco and construction firm Cockram will build a "high-density secure Wi-Fi network" at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, according to Chris Griffith of THE AUSTRALIAN. The Melbourne Cricket Club which operates the stadium on Wednesday unveiled new "hi-tech plans" for the MC ...

The Belarusian government said that "it has earmarked funds to provide Dinamo Minsk with a new stadium by the end of 2019." The new arena "will have a capacity of 25,000."
Belarus "has various plans to increase the number of major sports events it hosts as part of a strategy to increase and improve ...

Scottish Professional Football League chiefs "have ordered the owners of Hampden to sort out the pitch that ruined the weekend’s League Cup semi-finals before the final on March 15," according to David McCarthy of the Scotland DAILY RECORD.
Celtic Manager Ronny Deila "claimed the Scottish gam ...

French firm Vinci Stadium, which operates the Stade de France in Paris, "has been appointed to manage the former Olympic Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park," according to Giles Broadbent of WHARF.
The company "will begin its 25-year partnership ahead of the Rugby World Cup in the autumn." The s ...

Bundesliga side SC Freiburg has been given the go-ahead to build a new stadium after a local referendum saw a majority vote to pass the motion. The referendum saw 58.2% of local residents vote in favor of plans to construct a new stadium on the outskirts of the city. SC Freiburg President Fritz Kell ...

Gleneagles Hotel, the five-star Scottish resort which hosted the Ryder Cup last year, "is on the market and expected to fetch" around £200M ($300.5M), according to Alan McEwan of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. Drinks brand Diageo, which owns Gleneagles Hotel and the three golf courses on the 850-a ...

Viña del Mar, Chile's Sausalito stadium will "remain a Copa América host venue for at least another month," according to EL UNIVERSAL. A report on remodeling work on the stadium at the end of February "will determine if it will be ready" by the start of the tournament in June. The venu ...

A proposal "to build an electricity substation" to help power the new Liverpool FC stadium in Anfield "has been given the go-ahead," according to Helen Davies of the LIVERPOOL ECHO.
Plans for part of the site of the former Anfield Comprehensive School in Priory Road "were approved by Liverpool counc ...

Images "have been revealed of the five finalists' design in the RIBA competition for a 12,000-capacity venue in central Bristol," according to Laura Mark of ARCHITECTS JOURNAL. Populous, working with Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Buro Happold, and consortia headed by Grimshaw, Bilbao Arena desig ...

Aachen, Germany has purchased the Tivoli Stadium, which is the home of fourth-tier side Alemannia Aachen, for €1 ($1.13), according to SPIEGEL ONLINE. It means from now on the city has to pay the stadium's operating costs, interest and repayment of €1.6M ($1.8M) annually -- and not the clu ...